Bemaraha Formation
Geologic formation in Madagascar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bemaraha Formation is a Middle Jurassic (early Bajocian to early Bathonian) geological formation of the Morondava Basin of Madagascar. The lime mudstones, grainstones and limestones of the formation were deposited in lagoonal and reefal environments. Fossils of groups of invertebrates and theropod and sauropod tracks have been found in the formation.[1] The Sahalaly River tracksite yielded a single trackway belonging to a quadrupedal dinosaur, possibly a sauropod.[2] Sauropod tracks are rare, making up as little as 1 percent of the present sample. The best-preserved tracks are assigned to the ichnogenus Kayentapus.[3]
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Bemaraha Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Early Bajocian-Early Bathonian ~170–168 Ma | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Morondava Basin |
Underlies | Sakaraha Formation |
Overlies | Isalo III Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Lime mudstone |
Other | Grainstone, limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 19.2°S 45.0°E / -19.2; 45.0 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 24.9°S 21.8°E / -24.9; 21.8 |
Region | Morondava District, Menabe |
Country | Madagascar |
Extent | ~300 km (190 mi) |
Type section | |
Named for | Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park |
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